BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Enterprise  >  Enterprise Explores  >  FLYR Taking Off with $8mil, Goodnight SPH Startup Accelerator, SheSkills for Pakistani Women

FLYR Taking Off with $8mil, Goodnight SPH Startup Accelerator, SheSkills for Pakistani Women

Audrey Raj | Angeline Teh

23-Jan-17 12:00

FLYR Taking Off with $8mil, Goodnight SPH Startup Accelerator, SheSkills for Pakistani Women

    In today’s Enterprise Biz Bytes, Audrey Raj and Angeline Teh talk about: 

    Travel tech startup FLYR raised $8 million funds for technology that predicts airfare prices by applying artificial intelligence

    Singapore’s largest newspaper publisher started a startup accelerator called SPH Plug and Play, which has now unfortunately been declared dead

    SheSkills is launching a new program in Pakistan to empower women through digital skills bootcamps  


    This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

    Categories: 

    Tags:  FLYRfare lockingAIArtificial IntelligenceSPH Plug and PlaySheSkillsdigital skills bootcamps





    Play / Pause

    Listen now : Marketing Mojo: Content output is rising, but attention and trust are getting...

    Today’s Shows



    6:00 AM

    The 6AM Stretch

    Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives.

    7:00 AM

    World Market Watch

    Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management tells us where international markets are heading.

    7:15 AM

    Morning Brief

    We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals.

    7:30 AM

    Morning Brief

    Heron Lim, Lecturer of Economics at ESSEC Business School gives us an outlook for the Chinese economy.

    7:45 AM

    Morning Brief

    Adrianta Aziz, President of the Malaysian Institute of Architects discusses the collaboration with the Federal Territories Ministry to revamp KL’s public spaces.

    8:00 AM

    The Breakfast Grille

    C.S. Lim, Vice President of Legoland Malaysia discusses how the park stays relevant and attracts visitors during Visit Malaysia Year.

    8:30 AM

    Morning Brief

    Dr. James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, unpacks Trump's proposed Board of Peace proposal and the unfolding tensions involving Iran.

    8:45 AM

    Morning Brief

    Dr. Benjamin Barton, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia talks about US-Greenland tensions.

    9:00 AM

    Opening Bell

    (REPEAT)Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management tells us where international markets are heading.

    9:15 AM

    Opening Bell

    Soong Wei Siang, Regional Head of Consumer, RHB Research gives us his outlook for Malaysia's consumer sector.

    9:35 AM

    People, Planet, Profit

    We cover the latest news and views in the ESG space to help businesses thrive with impact.

    10:05 AM

    Open For Business

    In this episode of Open For Business, we sit down with Dr Shian Lee, the aerospace engineer behind Alphaswift Industries. This is not a shiny drones conversation. It’s about what happens when machines start carrying real responsibility. We talk about why the sky might actually be easier for autonomy than the ground, why “fake it till you make it” has no place in aerospace, and how oil palm plantations became an unlikely training ground for future passenger flight. It’s a conversation about ambition, caution, physics, regulation, and what it really means to build technology that can’t afford to fail.

    11:00 AM

    Marketing Mojo

    Content output is rising, but attention and trust are getting harder to earn. Shermaine Wong, Founder & CEO of Cult Creative, shares why Malaysian audiences are disengaging despite record levels of brand content.

    12:00 PM

    Enterprise Explores

    PayNet’s Gary Yeoh and Joshua Lim, CEO and Co-founder of Buzz, explore how the Paynet Fintech Hub acts as a bridge between corporates and innovation, featuring the success story of a startup pivot that led to a TNG Digital pilot.

    1:00 PM

    The Breakfast Grille Repeat

    C.S. Lim, Vice President of Legoland Malaysia discusses how the park stays relevant and attracts visitors during Visit Malaysia Year.

    2:05 PM

    Discovery Hour

    An eclectic selection of BBC shows, curated with variety in mind.

    3:05 PM

    Beyond the Ballot Box

    Jason Wee, who’s the founder of Architects of Diversity, joins us in conversation about navigating an increasingly polarised Malaysia.

    4:05 PM

    Health & Living

    We hear from an educator who is building a community for parents to support each other, in the face of increasing mental health issues among children.

    5:00 PM

    Top 5 at 5

    A countdown of the 5 biggest stories of the day, to catch you up on all you need to know!

    6:00 PM

    Talkback Tuesday

    8:00 PM

    BBC World Service